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TIL Las Vegas looked like your ordinary spaghetti western town in 1910

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Z8Nd4 TIL Otis Redding's widow, Zelma Redding, wrote a letter to Michael Bolton saying his cover of "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" was her favorite. She remarked that it brought tears to her eyes as it reminded her so much of her husband. Bolton had the letter framed and it hangs on his office wall.
gj8 TIL that robotics researchers in Japan have built a robot avatar body that is controlled by thought alone
awQVZ TIL "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang is inspired by the Quran - specifically, the passage where angels were celebrating while God was creating Adam.
eJon TIL the Romans loved Chinese silk so much that the Senate banned its wearing by men in 14 A.D. It was hurting the economy as way too much silk was being imported and not enough of other stuff, like iron.
rWDW TIL a Michigan woman sued the makers of Drive because the film wasn’t as action packed as the trailers had described